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Quilted Placemats with Vegetable Redwork Embroidery

These quilted placemats give your dining room table a casual, rustic touch that is sure to charm your family and friends. They feature the designs from the Redwork Vegetable Set

The finished size of each placemat is about 15 1/2" x 16 1/2". For each mat you will need 3 fabrics: white or light cream for the central parts of the blocks (1/4 yard), green for the border and binding (about 1/2 yard) and 1/4 yard of patterned green fabric for the blocks. You will also need backing and batting, each piece measuring about 17" x 17".

Stabilize the central part of each block with iron-on cut-away stabilizer. Make the embroidery. Cut away the excess stabilizer.

You can also use polyester craft felt instead of the stabilizer. In this case we recommend to baste the quilt top to the felt in the ditch along the colored borders. After the embroidery is finished, rip the baste and cut away the excess felt around the embroidery.

Quilting and Finishing:

Now place the backing on a flat surface (table) face down. Cover with batting. Spread your working piece over it.

Pin all three layers together with 1" pins and start quilting. We quilted along the lines of the embroidery and made stippling all over the mat.

After the quilting is finished, press the work with heavy steam and square the work -- all corners should be 90 degrees and opposite sides should be of the same length. Finish the raw edges with the binding.